This has been a busy week to say the least.  One of our businesses has been recently expanded to include lead generation for real estate investors, so I have been working out the numbers for how much to charge per lead, bundle deals, subscriptions, etc, etc, etc.  Another of my businesses has recently partnered with a local real estate guru to run his affiliate business, helping him and his staff to expand their marketing online and get a wider penetration on the web.  All of these have been occurring this week, not to mention the day to day operations of following up on leads (Thanks Peg!), invoicing clients, meeting with new clients, and meeting with current clients.  Needless to say it’s been a busy week, and that’s just business and not personal stuff (and you can bet that the list of personal stuff is actually much longer than the business!)

But I am not writing to complain about my busy life, no not in the least.  This past week has been a blast!  Full of new endeavors, and learning a lot of new stuff.  The most important thing that has recently happened is that my beautiful wife K has been officially released from her J.O.B.  You see, she has been suffering from chronic back pain for the last 8 or 9 months, and while she really hasn’t needed to work for some time now, it has been her security blanket.  That warm fuzzy blankie that keeps us “safe”…you know the one, because if you look at your life you will find that you have one, two, or maybe even more of these security blankets.  The little things that keep you tied down to doing the same behaviors that have bound you to the same life.  When you release those chains, life becomes real.  Life becomes powerful.  Life becomes yours.

I believe that we hold on to these security blankets, whether they be jobs, partners, “friends”, social groups, etc, due to the fact that they make us feel justified in our keeping them.  Am I saying that all those things listed are truly holding you back, no I am not.  What I am saying, however, is that often when we are truly ready to spread our wings and fly, we clip them and create a failure to launch.  Then we justify the failure with statements like, “Well at least I still have my <blankie>!  Just think if I didn’t have my <blankie>, where would I be?”  The truth is that if you did not have that blankie, you just may have succeeded…God forbid!

In the case of K, her J.O.B. was and still is in some part her security blanket.  It gave her day to day purpose (even though she hasn’t actually been there in the last 6 months, working from home before going on disability).  I know because I can identify with it.  I lived through it, and when I finally let go of the concept of having a nice comfy corp job (that I would hate, wouldn’t be really all that nice nor all that comfy), I began to prosper.  First mentally, followed by spiritually, and then physically.  I became balanced.  My stress levels declined and my health improved.  As I became balanced, well you know the old saying…Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise.

Living in balance will allow you to live the life you dream about.  It will open doors or perhaps more importantly it will allow you to see the doors around you.  The Investor Lifestyle, for me, is all about living in balance.  When I am in balance, the world knocks at my door ready to give me the opportunities that I deserve, and it will do the same for you.

This Friday, we will be heading to her old office for the last time to pick up the “box”.  A box filled with all the stuff that she had in her desk.  I remember mine.  I expect her to be stressed, and potentially emotionally wrecked.  But after we get her “box” of belongings, it will be that final release of emotion-good or bad-that will help to completely free her from the shackles we like to call security.

Are you ready to examine your own security blankets that you wrap yourself up in?  Are you ready to see if they are truly warm and fuzzy blankets, or in reality heavy, burdening shackles that hold you in that box?

I wish you the best of luck.  With the Christmas season upon us, we will surely have a chance to watch one version or another of A Christmas Carol.  Be sure to pay attention to what his ex-partner Marley has to say about the security blankets he had in life.

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